George E. Brennan

George E. Brennan (d. August 8, 1928) was a Democratic party boss in Illinois.[1]

Biography

Brennan was born in Ireland and he lost his right leg when he was 13. He had substituted for a switchman who was off on a post-payday drunk, at a coal mine in Braidwood, Illinois. He tried to uncouple two cars from a moving train and his right foot became wedged in a railroad switch. He was "plump and nimble-witted, a poker player and duck hunter, a successful and honest businessman, a philanthropist who gave away several hundred wooden legs." In 1923 he supported William Emmett Dever as Mayor of Chicago. In 1926, Brennan "bet his bossdom against a seat in the U. S. Senate that Illinois is sick of Prohibition" and lost to Frank L. Smith.[1]

References

"Death of Brennan". Time magazine. August 20, 1928. Retrieved August 18, 2009. George E. Brennan, boss of Illinois (succeeding Sullivan), died Aug. 8, 1928.

Party political offices
Preceded by Peter A. Waller	Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Illinois (Class 3) 1926	Succeeded by Anton Cermak

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[time-1] "Death of Brennan". Time magazine. August 20, 1928. Retrieved August 18, 2009. George E. Brennan, boss of Illinois (succeeding Sullivan), died Aug. 8, 1928.